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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Urban habitat"”.
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An Institute for Urban Agriculture: Architecture, Ecology and Urban Habitat
… how they work. This building, an Institute for Urban Agriculture, seeks to challenge that notion of separation. The design expresses architecturally the ways in which the technological systems and organic systems work together to sustain the mission of the Institute. Through every aspect of the …
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Cabrini-Green redefined: Human territoriality within the urban habitat: High density housing and mixed use
Modern space may be transformed into a viable habitat for heterogeneous user groups that will defend it and call it their home due to establishing overlapping territories.
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Demographic and genetic variability in Cape Dwarf Chameleons, Bradypodion pumilum, withink a fragmented, urban habitat
Habitat fragmentation is recognized as a primary cause of biodiversity loss. To maximize biodiversity maintenance, researchers in the field of conservation biology often investigate population demography and genetic variability for species inhabiting fragmented landscapes. Findings from such work …
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Skycourts and skygardens: towards a vertical urban theory
… two semi-‐public social spaces that cross the urban-‐architectural-‐landscape boundaries -‐ skycourts and skygardens. It considers them in light of their social, economic, environmental and spatial contribution to the urban habitat. The thesis argues that they are ‘alternative’ social spaces …
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Comparing Semi-Urban and Forest Populations of the Jalisco Mud Turtle (<i>Kinosternon chimalhuaca</i>)
… and land development. To survive in increasingly urbanized and arid regions, mud turtles often inhabit man-made water sources such as cattle troughs and irrigation ditches. These bodies of water are critical in urban habitat where they may offer some of the last remaining refugia; however, the …
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Response of Australian Boobooks (Ninox boobook) to threatening processes across urban, agricultural, and woodland ecosystems
The effects of habitat fragmentation on native wildlife can vary depending on the type of land use occurring in the matrix between remaining habitat fragments. I used Australian boobooks (Ninox boobook) in Western Australia to investigate interactions between matrix type and four different …
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Ecology of wintering Canada geese in the greater Chicago metropolitan area
… winter, Canada geese are increasingly using urban areas, but data are lacking on habitat use and selection, movements, potential thermal benefits of selected habitats, and survival of Canada geese during late autumn and winter in urban areas. I captured Canada geese during November‒February …
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Carrion-associated arthropods in rural and urban environments
… that are attracted to pig carcasses in rural and urban habitats in Northwest Indiana. The species and number of carrion-associated arthropods that are found at a carcass vary with habitat type, month, and stage of decomposition. Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) is a synanthropic species …
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Attraction and risk in urban bird habitats
Urban expansion is an increasing threat to native bird populations. Consequently, maintaining and developing safe urban habitat space is necessary for conservation. Birds living in, or migrating through, urban areas utilize a variety of managed green-spaces such as parks, gardens, college campuses, …
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Il muro. Concetti e tecniche
… an answer to the deep need of improvement of the urban habitat architectural quality within a more proper relationship between identity characters and contemporary project. If we observe villages and rural settlements in the Mediterranean basin, we will inevitably identify some primitive elements …
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Form follows flow : re-imagining the skyscraper
… new typology forever changed the contemporary urban habitat. Demand required density, which produced profit. Relentless pursuit of maximum mass and profit in 20th century New York City transformed the skyscraper into shameless public display of cash cows for the elitist few of the capitalist …
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Aspects of the ecology and management of small mammalian predators in northern New Zealand
… important prey brought in by domestic cats in an urban / forest fringe habitat and invertebrates were the main prey brought in by domestic cats in a fully urban habitat. Birds and lizards were the second and third most important prey groups in both study areas. Rat and mouse snap trap indexes …
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The potential impact of climate change on the genetic diversity of the endangered western leopard toad, Sclerophrys pantherina
… the Overstrand, highlighting the importance of urban habitat patches in harbouring diversity in the species. Distinct pockets of low haplotype diversity were identified at Observatory and Hout Bay, suggesting a lack of connectivity between these and adjacent breeding sites, likely due to …
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Effects of urban noise on vocalisations of tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Conservation Biology at Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand
… fitness consequences. Therefore knowledge on how urban habitat features including anthropogenic noise affect avian vocal communication is important in understanding the evolution of animal communications in urban ecosystems. Such knowledge is also important for the management of endangered and …
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Temporal, Spatial, and Environmental Influences on the Demographics and Harvest Vulnerability of American Black Bears (Ursus americanus ) in Urban Habitats in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia
… ecology of black bears (Ursus americanus) in urban and suburban habitats, and there is limited information regarding black bear space use, habitat selection, and harvest vulnerability. I assessed the harvest vulnerability, home range size, and spatial ecology of black bears in New Jersey, …
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Ex integrantes de GAOML, habitantes establecidos y reconfiguración de Barrio en Bogotá. El caso de Ciudadela Santa Rosa en la Localidad de San Cristóbal
Este trabajo estudia la constitución de hábitats urbanos a partir de reconfiguraciones en la interacción social y de espacios urbanos, que se dan por la llegada de excombatientes y/o desmovilizados de grupos armados organizados al margen de la ley a contextos urbanos con presencia de habitantes …